Update time

Hey Folks!

The Corvin redrawing work is making good progress - in case anyone had a doubt - but it's still a couple of weeks till the sighting of the new page. Till then here's a snapshot of the story's chief villain, the profoundly evil and treacherous Count Ulrik of Celje:



Also, I realized that I had forgotten to make a note here about my article written in last November about a book called Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which was published on the blog of the Hungarian Comics Association. This book is a joint effort of the renowned comics maker/ graphic journalist Joe Sacco and the not less renowned journalist Chris Hedges, containing their account of visiting the poorest regions of the USA in order to reveal the extent of the damage done to these places by unregulated corporate capitalism. Here is the link to the review, alas also readable for Hungarian speakers: 
http://kepregeny.blog.hu/2012/1/07/sacco_es_hedges_kepregenye_amerika_masik_arcarol
Also, one of Sacco's pages as an appetizer for this highly recommended book:

Brand new Corvin page!

Well, you may have already seen its draft here last summer. Text as follows:

Panel 1
Pip: If you're saying so... And which way shall we start out?
Colin: Say, that way, as I already have my arm stretched out...
Panel 2
P: For all I care... But who's carrying the bag?
C: You can be first, and then I will it take over.
Panel 3
P: Pfff... I hope you'll do that soon. It's darn heavy!
C: Tribulations serve to strengthen one's character you know!
Panel 4
P: Isn't it enough tribulation to search for some barbarian chieftain at the edge of the world?
C: This is Transylvania, not the edge of the world. As for Lord Corvin, the priests always say that he is the shield of Christendom.
Panel 5
P: I haven't heard of that. But to be frank, I haven't been to mass for two months or so.
C: Then you surely deserve this much suffering! Your mum would surely slap you through the ear, if she knew!
Panel 6
P: Oh, come on, Mum isn't known for her slaps... Anyway, the whole thing is dead boring since they stopped preaching about eternal damnation.
C: Well, I'm quite fond of the idea that there is more to human life than just a vale of tears...

Corvin 2.0: (Just Like) Starting Over

Hey Dear Readers, welcome to my first post in 2013!
Last summer there was some talk on my behalf of redrawing the pages of my famously pending "graphic novel", Corvin. Now it's aaall happening!
Let's hope that it results in a more professional look than what I was capable of doing three or four years ago.

Now, behold Chapter 1, page 1 and 2:

 

Panel 3

Pip: Where on earth are we?
Colin: How should I know? I thought we were only testing the passage gate and arriving at the courtyard of the palace! Pip: Well, this is positively not Milan!

Panel1
Pip: What the heck is this?
 
Panel 2
Pip: Look, here's our pack!
Colin: Yep, and a letter too!

Panel 3
Pip: Whaaat...???

Panel 4
Colin: So that's why we had to test it at once!
letter: Ragazzi!
We are short on time so you had to travel right away. Do as I told and find Lord Corvin.
Best of luck,
Il Principe

Panel 5
Pip: So much about testing... Such a shifty crook! What shall we do now?
Colin: Let's go find this Corvin guy! We are supposed to be on his estates. Someone will surely give us directions!

Also, the following page is going to a genuinely new one. It will take a couple of weeks to appear here, as I haven't really started working on it yet.

Ozone Mama Inked

Hey Y'all, (as our friends from the States sometimes say)
Welcome to (most probably) the last post of a not very prolific year. The good news is: it seems like the world didn't end today after all, so I have the chance to draw more next year.

Here is the inked and well, let's say greyed and blacked instead of coloured image, the early penciled version of which you may have seen here this summer http://agentoozecomics.blogspot.hu/2012/08/ozone-mama-high-voltage-rock-and-roll.html. Without repeating myself I'll suffice it to say that Ozone Mama is an awesome and hard-working rock band who deserve to make it big. They're playing two more gigs before the new year in Budapest, check 'em out if you can.

Happy Holidays, Folks!

Bone Birthday Card

Till my hotly awaited new comics are conceived and created. This card for a friend's birthday is based on one of Jeff Smith's promotional works for his brilliant graphic novel, Bone. Check it out if you haven't yet!

El Mariachi de Bánkitó

Hey Dear Readers,

This is the little account of this year's Bánkitó Festival, which was held in late July, so this single page took ages to complete. The reason probably being that I wanted to document a little sequence that took place on the last day but couldn't get around to start working on it a few weeks after the event.

In the meantime I realized that I forgot to provide any explanation to last year's festival post (http://agentoozecomics.blogspot.hu/2011/09/sexy-times-at-bankito.html) Well, let's just say that it is a perfect little festival in a perfect chilled out village in Hungary. A real island of sanity, save for a ruined toilet or two...

 
Panel 1
Bánkitó, last day's early afternoon
Me: Look at that. Can Lackó really play the guitar?
Ricsi: Dunno, but he surely knows how to hold it.

Panel 2
Ricsi & Me: Lackóóó! Play us something, willya?

Panel 3
Me: Desperadooo!
Ricsi: Can you do the Székely Anthem? (a slightly nationalistic song not typically sang at this festival)

Panel 4
Ricsi: Woow, such a big rocker!

Panel 6
Lackó: Hallo, Gica? Have I seen Kardos Dani's guitar? Weeelll, you know....

Hope something comes across from the atmosphere. Dear Readers, this is definitely not my most prolific year comicswise, but I plan to do another post or two before it's done. So stick around!

Who's this?

Hey there & welcome to the first Agent Ooze Comics quiz. I have a very simple question: who is pictured below? Have a guess, leave a comment...